Wednesday 29th November 2023
Celebrating Black Women in Housing: WISH London's First-Ever Black History Month Event
In the heart of London's social housing women’s networking community, a historic event took place on 5th October
Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last week was my last Women In Social Housing event as Co-Chair of the London region. It made me want to reflect on my time at WISH and the lessons learned.
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Following a summer of events including talks and panels, the WISH London Board decided to take a more relaxed approach to our early autumn event.
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Welcome to our summer newsletter, yes it really is still summer everyone, despite what the weather may be suggesting, and here’s an update on what’s been happening at WISH during the previous quarter…
Become a New Board Member for WISH London
In our London region we are looking for someone to join our Board and provide extra assistance with administrative tasks. Interested?
Welcome to our Spring newsletter! It’s been such a busy quarter for everyone at WISH that I hardly know where to start….
Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity.
WISH Christmas Newsletter 2022
Read all the latest news from WISH, rounding up 2022!
It has been a great few months having hosted two in-person events. It has been a joy to see so many of our members and connect with new and familiar faces.
Read more about the London event 'Going Against the Odds in the Built Environment’
WISH London Winter Newsletter 2021
WISH London look back on their events and forward to a New Year....
WISH London Summer Newsletter 2021
London has some good news to share, we are very proud of Kathryn one of our talented board members.
WISH London Winter Newsletter 2020
Happy Christmas and look forward to seeing everyone in 2021
Finding Your Voice Workshop Recording
Did you miss WISH London's workshop on public speaking and finding your voice? Watch it here.
WISH London Webinar: Great Careers Don't Happen By Accident - Push Past Your Fears to Reach Yours!
Watch the recording of WISH Zoom Workshop: 'Great Careers Don't Happen By Accident - Push Past Your Fears to Reach Yours!' by clicking on the image below.
WISH London Webinar: Employment Rights During Covid-19
This webinar is suitable for anyone who wants to understand the employer’s responsibility and employees’ rights.
WISH London held their first ever speed-mentoring event in the new offices of Lovell in central London, where around 45 women from our sector attended and found new mentors.
Sector must focus on attracting new female talent into housing in 2020
Attracting a new generation of women into a career in housing should be one of the sector's key priorities for 2020, according to the Women in Social Housing (WISH) group.
Read the latest WISH newsletter here!
WISH London - Build your personal brand on LinkedIn
Our October London event was a huge success with many people turning up to listen to our speaker, Alexandra Galviz (Authentic Alex). Alex has been named as the top Linkedin voice in the UK 2017 and 2018.
WISH London - Autumn Newsletter
Read the latest news from WISH London in the Autumn newsletter
Glad rags on for Women In Housing
WISH support the annual WIH Awards Now in its seventh year, the Women In Housing Awards held in Manchester in early October is getting bigger and bigger and was an amazing opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women in the sector from all over the UK.
Members from WISH London and WISH South East join Clarion for a day of golf.
At WISH we are hugely grateful to our National Sponsors who support us every year and help us to keep delivering a great service to our members.
WISH London - You are what you Tweet!
How many speakers ask you to turn on your phones and tweet as they speak?
Read the latest WISH newsletter here!
Changing the Dynamic - The Benefits of a Diverse Workplace, WISH Brighton CIH Networking Event
WISH recently co-hosted a panel event at CIH Brighton with the Housing Forum called Changing the Dynamic - The Benefits of a Diverse Workplace
WISH London Spring Newsletter 2019
WISH London have had a busy start to the year hosting two sell out events 'How to develop the right career strategy' and a joint event with the Housing Forum at the Brighton CIH. We have also welcomed a new Chair and Board members.
WISH London - How to Develop the Right Career Strategy
We had a full house at our last event, with a highly engaged audience putting some great questions to the expert panel. The whole session was excellently facilitated by Elly Hoult Programme Director NHGhousing.
WISH London was proud to host an event that brought together the women leading some of the country's biggest social housing providers at Blake Morgan's central London offices last night.
WISH London - Hacking the Human
DI Suzanne Grimmer from the Metropolitan Police gave a very informative, thought provoking and engaging presentation on how companies and individuals can protect themselves from criminals who strive to steel money, information from individuals and companies, holding them to ransom until money is received to restore their data.
WISH London - The Politics Of Housing
The politics of housing: WISH London hosts evening with political candidates ahead of the London local elections
WISH London Spring 2018 Newsletter Update
WISH London have had a busy start to the year hosting a number of events over the last couple of months.
A Perfect Match - WISH's New Mentoring Scheme By Nicola Dibb
A recent article from Nicola Dibb in 24 Housing Magazine on WISH's new mentoring scheme.
WISH London - Christmas Party News
WISH aims to bring women in housing together to empower, support, encourage and assist, by building confidence through networking and by arranging interesting and informative seminars to assist them with their day to day roles. Our most recent event was the annual Christmas Party, which is always a sell out and a success for obvious reasons! This took place at the end of last year on the 6th December at The Alice.
The rain subsided and the sun shone for the WISH Golf Day which was held at the prestigious Blackheath Golf Club on the 13th September. WISH was delighted to see over 40 enthusiastic women put their skills to the test and receive instruction from professionals in the principles of playing golf with the additional benefits of putting their new learned skills to the test on the driving range and putting green.
WISH London - Building Confidence Through Networking
WISH aims to bring women in housing together to empower, support, encourage and assist, by building confidence through networking and by arranging interesting and informative seminars to assist them with their day to day roles. The latest event was held on the 5th October and was kindly sponsored by Winckworth Sherwood LLP, which again, did not disappoint attendees.
The rain subsided and the sun shone for the WISH Golf Day which was held at the prestigious Blackheath Golf Club on the 13th September.
WISH London Summer Networking Reception
WISH London held their annual Summer Networking Reception on 6 July 2017 at the offices of JLL, who specialise in commercial real estate services and investment management, in Warwick Street, London. The event was very kindly sponsored by JLL and attended by over 100 WISH members and non-members.
New Chair For WISH London, Erica Carras
WISH London is delighted to introduce their new chair, Erica Carras, a Principal Risk and Safety Consultant at Walker Management Ltd, a construction consultancy specialising in Project Management in the social housing sector.
We are looking for a new Chair to provide leadership and support for London region of WISH. WISH (London) is the longest established and largest and region within WISH. It has approximately 150 members and attracting on average 60 people to a WISH event.
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